>> what is sidechaining and how to use it?

[Drammy]

I see what you guys are on about now - I have just read the mantic tutorial.

I have been doing this for a while now and the mantic method works fine for mono channels as the output from the sidechain group is mono - although it is a stereo channel. Which is fine for bass.

But hatembr it you're trying to duck a pad with a hat you would be much better of doing it in stereo.

This is done in a similar way to the mantic tutorial but instead of using a stereo channel for the "sidechain channel" you need to use a quad channel - when you click add group channel in cubase you are presented with a dialog box and a drop down which normally reads stereo, click the drop down and you will find quad channel (as well as all the surround options).

Once you have a quad channel you send the Hat to the rear center of it and the pad to the front center. This will mean that the hat won't be heard so you also need to set up and aux send to send the hat to the master buss.

The compressor that sits on the quad channel will now output in true stereo, as long as the compressor is a true sidechaining compressor (if it shows a L->R option you will want to change it to L+R).


I hope that makes more sense than my last attempt.

Drammy